Outside the Beltway

Please, for accuracy’s sake, figure inflation into discussions of the history of the minimum wage.

A surprisingly disappointing jobs report for December.

Is Harvard University the Lake Wobegon of the Ivy League or are Harvard students really that smart?

The economy of the Euro Zone remains in quiet dire straits, unless you’re lucky enough to live in Germany.

They’re back…….

:Like his predecessors, President Obama’s speech last night exaggerated the threat that Syria poses in order to sell his plan to American voters.

It may be Rick Santorum’s “turn” but he’s too harsh and extreme to win the nomination.

Congress really, really wants to give soldiers a 1.8 percent pay raise. Generals are begging them to hold it to 1 percent.

The two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are clashing on defense appropriations.

To maintain growth China needs to consider its priorities.

Films from the House of Spiderman have grossed more than those from the House of Superman. But that’s mostly because of ticket price increases.

While most of us buy homeowner’s insurance to protect against storm damage and theft, injuries caused by dogs account for a third of all damage payouts.

The economics of higher education is increasing the gap between rich and poor.

Applications to America’s Law Schools are down, because the nature of the legal profession is changing.

Could a coin like this solve the looming debt ceiling crisis?

One major factor in the skyrocketing cost of a college education in America is a huge increase in overhead costs.

Ronald Reagan won the tax fight. The debate now centers on whether to continue cutting taxes or slightly reverse the trend.

The Republican Party needs more than outreach to Hispanics to become a viable national party again.

President Obama seems to have given away the store when it comes to the defense sequestration cuts.

Iran’s currency has collapsed and there are riot police in the streets of Teheran. It appears the sanctions may just be working after all.

A sign at a local Exxon station seemingly blames high gasoline prices on Barack Obama.

The biggest surprise of the Presidential race to date is the fact that Mitt Romney has lost the edge he once had on economic issues.

Ronald Reagan was leading Jimmy Carter long before the two men met in Cleveland on October 28th, 1980.

Ben Bernanke thinks doing more of the same is just what the economy needs.

Another bad jobs report threatens to undermine whatever good will the President had coming off the Democratic National Convention.

The Obama campaign clearly does not want Americans to consider whether they are better off now than they were four years ago.

Signs are brewing that the Chinese economy is slowing down significantly.

What happened in 1970 to decouple wages and productivity?

Few people earn a million dollars in a year. Fewer still do it more than once.

Another sign this morning that the economic has been slowing, and may be contracting.